If you’ve ever shown horses, it’s a good bet that you have some ribbons packed away in an old box or tucked in the back of a drawer. If you’ve consistently shown horses over the years, the number of...
Freak. Accident.
Webster’s dictionary defines an accident as "a sudden event (such as a crash) that is not planned or intended and that causes damage or injury.” The word "freak” means "one that is markedly unusual.”
As I drove down the...
Effective riding requires fitness. Here's how to maintain strength and endurance even when you can't ride every day.
For most riders, it happens unexpectedly. A few missed days of riding turns in to a few weeks and before they know...
Happy Independence Day to our American readers, and happy Friday to everyone else! Here's what's been in the horse-world news this week.The 1930s were not the good old days. This week we enjoyed looking...
Dew drops on roses and whiskers on kittens are nice, but your horse probably doesn’t give them much thought. He undoubtedly has his own ideas about what the finer things in life truly are.
Does he eagerly anticipate the...
Here in Kentucky, we’re known for horses, but it’s also historically a tobacco-growing state. We have the distinction of being the state with the highest rate of tobacco use in the country (we’re number one!) But even here, I’m...
Hope you all enjoyed the first official week of summer! Here’s the horse-world news roundup for this week.Clydesdale-inspired public art? Yes, please. A town in Scotland has set up an art installation of more...
The short white hair I found in my oatmeal last week belonged without doubt to Turbo, our Jack Russell Terrier. I know this not only because he is the only member of our family with short white hair but...
Welcome to this week's horse-news round-up, summer solstice edition. Actually, tomorrow, June 21, is the summer solstice, which means you have the most daylight you'll have all year to get out there and ride. So do it. But first,...
As usual, no matter what topic I’m researching, call of horse talk pulls me in. This time, I was researching tigers for a children’s book that I’m writing for the National Geographic Society.In the past few weeks I’ve zeroed...
